Lower hybrid turbulence and ponderomotive force effects in space plasmas subjected to large-amplitude low-frequency waves

Abstract

It is demonstrated that large-amplitude low-frequency waves (LFW) can generate lower hybrid waves (LHW) in the auroral zone and ring current region. The LHW could then heat the ions. The ion energization due to the LHW may be comparable with that produced by the ponderomotive force of the LFW. Copyright 1996 by the American Geophysical Union.